Gerhard Schubert, founder of packaging machine manufacturer Schubert, passes away at age 84
Schubert founded the company in 1966.
Gerhard Schubert, the founder and shareholder of packaging machine manufacturer Schubert, passed away peacefully in Crailsheim, Germany on July 4, at the age of 84. With his passing, the packaging industry has lost a defining figure and an extraordinary personality.
In 1966, he founded Gerhard Schubert GmbH, an international packaging machine manufacturing company. To this day, his visionary ideas of a modular robot-assisted top-loading packaging machine continue to influence modern packaging technology around the world. Gerhard Schubert laid the foundation for the company in 1953 with an apprenticeship as a mechanic. He then spent several years gathering experience as a design engineer at the Strunck and Kugler companies before setting up his own engineering & design office in 1964.